"Get Your Obama Check"; "My $12,000 Bailout"

A sign of the times: There are now Facebook ads for instructional materials that will supposedly teach you how to bilk the government out of money.

These are the ads I've seen thus far (I'm not linking to the sites because that would only contribute to the hits they get):

Get Your Obama Check
The government's giving back billions to the public to stimulate the economy. Find out how I got $12,000.

My $12,000 Bailout
I paid $2.99 and Obama gave me $12,000 in less than 30 days. Get yours today!

The pages the ads link to are obviously cookie-cutter websites set up as part of a shady scheme to separate fools from their money. Amusingly, despite the fact that the two ads I republished above link to different sites that claim to be run by different people, they use the exact same photo of a check allegedly procured from the United States Treasury. Even the name, which appears to be poorly photoshopped in on both images, is the same:



Stupid free-money scheme advertisement epic fail.

Please, people, remember: TANSTAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)! Thus, if it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. The best way to obtain money is to work.

Update:

Here's another version of the ad:

Your Government Bailout
The United States government is giving away billions to stimulate the economy. Buy a house, pay debt, start a business. Claim yours!